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Ok, this is not an in-depth review of performance as I've only been messing aroung with reprofiling the edge and stripping then adding a patina.
The Boomslang is quite a hefty knife, weighing in at 1.35 pounds. It has an 11" blade with a slight convex profile to it, made of 1075 carbon steel. The full tang is scaled with micarta, held on by 3 brass pins and a lanyard tube. The handle is large enough to accomodate big hands, but not too thick. The blade is covered in black epoxy and is recurved. It comes with an excellent machete-style leather sheath, on which I put a rivet at the bottom, ran a length of paracord with a cord-lock to make a leg tie, but I'm about to make a kydex sheath for this monster :thumbup:
After some light chopping in the backyard, I noticed that the blade coat was not going to last long. You can see the scratches here:
Also, the edge could benefit from a taller profile, so I took a file to it:
then, sandpaper (150, 220, 400) to round the convex:
some gel paint stripper:
and then some buffing with 150 & 220 before the patina:
After seeing the results of mango on carbon in a thread here on bf, I decided it was the way to go, as the pulpy fibers are easier to arrange...so this is what she came out looking like:
I like the way she camouflages with the counter
Thanks for looking and sorry for the crappy cell phone pics 
The Boomslang is quite a hefty knife, weighing in at 1.35 pounds. It has an 11" blade with a slight convex profile to it, made of 1075 carbon steel. The full tang is scaled with micarta, held on by 3 brass pins and a lanyard tube. The handle is large enough to accomodate big hands, but not too thick. The blade is covered in black epoxy and is recurved. It comes with an excellent machete-style leather sheath, on which I put a rivet at the bottom, ran a length of paracord with a cord-lock to make a leg tie, but I'm about to make a kydex sheath for this monster :thumbup:
After some light chopping in the backyard, I noticed that the blade coat was not going to last long. You can see the scratches here:
Also, the edge could benefit from a taller profile, so I took a file to it:
then, sandpaper (150, 220, 400) to round the convex:
some gel paint stripper:
and then some buffing with 150 & 220 before the patina:
After seeing the results of mango on carbon in a thread here on bf, I decided it was the way to go, as the pulpy fibers are easier to arrange...so this is what she came out looking like:
I like the way she camouflages with the counter
Thanks for looking and sorry for the crappy cell phone pics 
